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C. I. KRYZANUWSKY.

REMUVEH 0R UPENhR FOR BOTTLE CAPS. APPLICATION mm ms. 4. 1915.

Patented Dec. 115, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONSTANT J. KBYZANOWSKY, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE CROWN CORK AND SEAL COMPANY OF BALTIMORE CITY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A

CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

REMOVER OR OPENER FOR BOTTLE-GAPS.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed February 4, 1915. Serial No. 8,032.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONSTANT J. KRYZA- NOWSKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Im n'ovements in Removers or Openers for ottle- Caps, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

his invention relates to certain improve ments in removers or openers for bottle caps of the well-known crown seal type.

It is the object of the invention to produce a novel crown remover which is made from a single piece of comparatively light wire and having crown-engaging projections or lips which are so arranged with respect to each other that the remover can be used to remove a crown in either an upward or downward direction, the crown-engaging projections being formed by inching from the wire, the wire being bent to form a loop portion and a handle-portion, the ends of the wire-forniing handle-portion being secured by a joint. Such a remover can be formed on high speed wire-forming ma chines, can be worked up without waste, and, by securing the ends of the wire together by a joint and thus making the wire contmuous, a light wire can be employed, thus further reducing the cost of the remover.

For a complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the remover, a portion being shown in section;

big. 2 1s a view looking toward the bottom of the remover shown in Fig. 1, and

big. 3 is a sectional view, the section being taken on the line 33 of rig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings. the remover is made from a single piece of comparatively light wire. The wire length is bent so as to form a loop portion 1, the loop, in the preferred construction, being somewhat elliptical in form, though this particular form may be varied, if desired. The two ends of the wire depending from the loop after it is formed are extended from the loop to form a handle 2. In the preferred construction, the wires are rst bent so as to come close to each other, forming a neck 2, which afl'ords a convenient place to fulcrum the thumb when the remover is used. The wires then preferably diverge from each other slightly to form a broadened portion 3 to give a suflicient and comfortable hand-hold. The ends of the wires are turned in toward each other, as indicated at 5, and these ends are united by a joint.

This joint is provided so as to give rigidity to the remover, and, further, to prevent the pinching of the hand when the remover is in use. By thus joining the two ends of the wire and thus producing a continuous structurc, a sn'lallcr and consequently lighter wire can be used than would otherwise be the case, with a consequent cheapening in the production of the remover. While the particular character of this joint may be considerably varied, a convenient construction is that illustrated. in which the end of one Wire is provided with a groove 6, and the end of the other wire with a locking tongue '4', this tongue being sprung into the groove 6, the parts being held firmly together by the resiliency of the wire.

Removers constructed in accordance with the invention will, in the best constructions, be provided with cap-engaging means so positioned relatively to each other that the loop portion of the remover may eng e with a cap and remove the ca from t e container by either an upwar or down ward movement of the remover, such construction being very convenient to use. While these cap-engaging projections may be formed on the loop-portion of the remover in various ways and may be of various character, in the preferred construction they are in the form of lips 8, 9 and 10,

these lips being produced by pinching out the wire, an operation which can be performed in high speed wire-forming mar chines. As illustrated, there are provided three of these projections, this number having been found to be the most convenient to produce inthe class of machines in which the wire is formed. As shown, one of these lips, as 8, is positioned in the center of the top or brid e of the loop, and lips 9 and 10 are positioned diagonally of the top one at the sides of the loop and near the bottom, this arrangement enabling a cap to be engaged by the loop and removed by either an upward or downward movement of the remover.

What is claimed is:

1. A crown cup remover comprising n single piece of wire bent to form a loop portion for engagement with the cap and provided at such portion with o cap-engaging projection, and a handle'portion formed by the two ends of the wire beyond the. loop portion, the two ends of the wire beyond the handle-portion being united by a tongue. and groove joint, the ton ue being sprung into the groove and held 1n position by the resiliency of the wire.

2. A crown cap remover comprising a single piece of Wire bent to form a loop portion for en agement with and removal of the ca anc a second loop portion forming a handle beyond the first loop portion and being of such form that the ends of the loop forming the handle abut, said abutting ends being interlocked and held interlocked by the resiliency of the wire.

3. crown cap remover comprising a single piece of wire bent to form a loop portion for engagement with and removal of the cup, and a second loop portion forming a handle with the ends of the wire nbutting, ltgroove in one abutting end, and a tongue on the other butting end held in said groove by the resiliency of the wire.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my bend, in the preeence of two subscribmg witnesses.

CONSTANT J. KRYZANOWSKY.

Witnesses:

H. J. BRUWNLEY, I). H. PAGE. 

